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his attorney.

INFANTS DRESSlNG TABLE Eharles T. De Puy. Rochester, N. Y., assignor to Trinrhle Ina, Rochester, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application May 16, 1957, Serial No. 659,502

2 Claims. (Cl. -617) This invention relates to an infants dressing table such as used in conjunction with an infants combination folding bath stand and dressing table, and has for its objective to afford a simple and practicable means for retaining an infant on the dressing table in such manner as to prevent accidental falling.

The invention is designed to be used in conjunction with a metal dressing table having a pad thereon, and in a more particular aspect has for a further purpose to afford a retaining strap extending through the pad and securely attached to the dressing table.

Still an additional object of the invention is to provide a retaining strap extending through suitable openings or slots in the pad and dressing table, and having a portion underlying the dressing table in conjunction with means that retains such underlying portion against the bottom surface of the dressing table and holds the ends of the retaining strap at all times in position for readily securing them around the body of the infant.

To these and other ends the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts that will appear clearly from the following description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, the novel features being pointed out in the claims following the specification.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a dressing table incorporating a preferred embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 22 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicated;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view in elevation of the fastening device or buckle;

. Fig. 4 is a plan view partially broken away of the dressing table and retaining strap with the pad removed, and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view on line 55 of Fig. 4.

Referring more particularly to the drawings in which like reference numerals refer to the same parts throughout the several views, 1 designates a conventional dressing table such as employed in conjunction with an infants combination folding bath stand and dressing table. The dressing table 1 is preferably constructed of metal, and 2 designates a pad of suitable construction resting on and removable from the metal table 1.

In order to accommodate a retaining strap in a convenient manner and to hold it at all times in proper operative relation, the dressing table is provided with two parallel slots 3 which are of a length and width to receive a retaining strap 4, the latter being of a length to comfortably surround the body of an infant, while 5 designates a fastening device in the form of a buckle attached to one end 6 of the strap and removably engageable with the other end of the strap for holding it around the infants body.

2,846,700 Patented Aug. 12, 1958 The pad 2 which is supported on the dressing table is provided with slots 7 alined with the slots 3 in the table 1 so that the strap can extend through both the pad and table, the central portion of the strap indicated at 8 underlying the table and being held in engagement with the bottom surface of the table, preferably in the manner that will now be described.

In order to hold the central portion 8 of the strap against the bottom surface of the table and prevent the ends of the strap from dropping down through the slots in the table, the strap 4 which is preferably constructed of suitable stiff but flexible plastic material is provided with lugs 9 formed by cuts 10 made in the body of the strap, the lugs 9 extending inwardly away from the body of the strap and being positioned in a location to overlie the top surface of the table when the central portion 8 of the strap is in contact with the bottom surface of the table as shown in Fig. 2.

In this manner, the lugs 9 act to hold the strap with the ends above the table in the position as shown in Fig. 2, the central portion 8 of the strap being held against the bottom surface of the table, and the ends of the strap being thus prevented from dropping through the slots in the pad and table.

Thus the free ends of the strap are always in position to be readily engaged around the body of an infant and held by the fastening buckle 5 to secure the infant against accidental falling. There is no chance of the lugs 9 becoming disengaged from the table and permitting the ends of the strap to drop through the slots, while at the same time the strap can readily be removed from the table when desirable for cleaning or replacement.

While the invention has been described with reference to the particular construction shown, it is not confined to the details herein disclosed, and this application is intended to cover such modifications or departures as may come within the purposes of the invention and the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. The combination with an infants metal dressing table having strap receiving slots therein, of a plastic retaining strap extending through said slots under the bottom of the dressing table, and a fastening device above the table connecting the ends of the strap, the strap having integral lugs arranged intermediate the side edges of the strap and extending therefrom over the top of the dressing table adjacent to said slots and acting to retain the central portion of the strap against the bottom surface of the dressing table.

2. The combination with an infants metal dressing table having a pad thereon, the dressing table and pad having alined strap receiving slots therein, of a plastic retaining strap extending through said slots in the pad and table and under the bottom of the dressing table, and a fastening device above the pad connecting the ends of the strap, the plastic strap having integral lugs arranged intermediate the side edges of the strap and extending therefrom over the top of the dressing table and beneath the pad and acting to retain the central portion of the strap against the bottom surface of the dressing table.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1, 171,228

Black May 1, 1956 

